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feline

adj
/ˈfiːlaɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”).

  1. borrowed from fēlīnus

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to cats.

    • feline behaviour
    • feline expert
    • The tiger is a feline predator.

  2. catlike (resembling a cat)

    catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.

    • feline character
    • feline movement
    • She moved with feline grace.

  3. A cat

    A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.

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Derived

feline distemper, feline hyperesthesia syndrome, feline infectious peritonitis, felinekind, felinely, felineness, felinicide, felinize, felinoid, felinology, felinophile, felinophobe, felinophobia, nonfeline, unfeline

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for feline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA